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let's get to gabe gutierrez again. he has the latest on this. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. crews are still going door to door searching for potential victims. the fire is still smolders. just a short while ago we learned that 3 to 5 firefighters are unaccounted for, but one police officer previously reported missing has been found. he's in the hospital in serious condition. as for the number of dead at this point, local officials are still being very cautious. they stress this is an early estimate, but right now they believe between 5 and 15 people have died. again they say that number could rise. more than 160 people have been treated at local hospitals. anywhere from 50 to 80 buildings have been damaged, a nursing home and complex have been destroyed. people have been shaken. this happened just before 8:00 this morning as firefighters were battling the fire, and right now they're trying to figure out why this happened. so far no word from officials on why this happened. savannah, back to you. >> gabe gheitiers at the scene,
let's get to gabe gutierrez again. he has the latest on this. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. crews are still going door to door searching for potential victims. the fire is still smolders. just a short while ago we learned that 3 to 5 firefighters are unaccounted for, but one police officer previously reported missing has been found. he's in the hospital in serious condition. as for the number of dead at this point, local officials are still being very cautious. they...
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gabe gutierrez is in kaufman, texas this morning. gabe, good morning to you. there is stepped up security today here at the courthouse. the entire community is on high alert. today, local police and the fbi are frantically trying to solve a murder mystery. >> unnerving to the law enforcement community. >> reporter: on saturday, police found the bodies of kaufman county d.a. mike mclel land and his wife cynthia. mclelland shot multiple times and his wife shot once. >> they were deeply, deeply in love and so attached to each other. >> reporter: the murders are two months after the county's assistant prosecutor was gunned down on his way to work at the courthouse. authorities are looking for a link between the crime. right after the shooting in january, mcleelland spoke directly to the killer. >> i hope the people who did this are watching we are confident we will find you. >> investigators had been looking in to whether the assistant d.a.'s murder was connected to the killing of tom clements. a suspect in that case killed in a police shootout in north texas was
gabe gutierrez is in kaufman, texas this morning. gabe, good morning to you. there is stepped up security today here at the courthouse. the entire community is on high alert. today, local police and the fbi are frantically trying to solve a murder mystery. >> unnerving to the law enforcement community. >> reporter: on saturday, police found the bodies of kaufman county d.a. mike mclel land and his wife cynthia. mclelland shot multiple times and his wife shot once. >> they were...
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gabe gutierrez is on the scene with the latest. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: natalie, good morning. more residents are expected to head back in their homes today through police check points like this one, as investigators search for clues at the blast epicenter, questions linger about how and why this happened. this morning, new images obtained by nbc news inside the nursing home, torn apart by last week's massive explosion. >> it was just black smoke, it was windows blown out. i think, my god, what has happened? >> reporter: administrator rose anne morris wants the world to know of the heroic efforts by employees, volunteers and first responders who rushed to pull 130 elderly residents from the rubble. has it sunk in yet? >> no. not really. >> you can hear the panic in the 911 calls. >> our whole house, windows, everything it sounded like a bomb and i'm looking outside and there's like a bomb on 35, i don't know what is going on. >> investigators say they found the origin of the explosion but won't say where it is and they sti
gabe gutierrez is on the scene with the latest. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: natalie, good morning. more residents are expected to head back in their homes today through police check points like this one, as investigators search for clues at the blast epicenter, questions linger about how and why this happened. this morning, new images obtained by nbc news inside the nursing home, torn apart by last week's massive explosion. >> it was just black smoke, it was windows blown out....
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nbc's gabe gutierrez is in kaufman, texas. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: natalie, good morning. the murder of another prosecutor two months employees at the courthouse, and so, the d.a. apparently wanted to help. surveillance video shows kaufman county d.a. mike mclelland at a gun store last friday, hours before his death. shop owner o'neil kidwell says mclelland was looking at weapons, not for himself, but to recommend to his staff who felt threatened. >> and they were all concerned, so he was concerned for them. he had no concern for himself. >> reporter: today, mclelland and his wife cynthia will be laid to rest. >> the world will never, ever be the same without them. cynthia, my sister, i'll see you on the other side. >> reporter: at a public memorial thursday, friends and family honored the couple, their last moments spent together. >> they loved each other. and there was no other way they would have wanted to go. >> reporter: outside the service, heavy security. kaufman county on edge since the mclellands were killed last week, and chief prosecutor mark hasse was gunned do
nbc's gabe gutierrez is in kaufman, texas. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: natalie, good morning. the murder of another prosecutor two months employees at the courthouse, and so, the d.a. apparently wanted to help. surveillance video shows kaufman county d.a. mike mclelland at a gun store last friday, hours before his death. shop owner o'neil kidwell says mclelland was looking at weapons, not for himself, but to recommend to his staff who felt threatened. >> and they were all...
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let's get right to nbc's gabe gutierrez with the latest from georgia. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: tamron, this morning, all the firefighters taken hostage have been treated and released from the hospital. the gunman had financial issues. but today they're investigating exactly what led to this four-hour standoff. >> we're in a situation where we have an armed person. >> the radio call was dramatic. five firefighters responding to what seemed to be a routine medical emergency. suddenly the rescuers were the ones who needed rescuing. >> he is armed and we are in the room with him. >> a gunman taking hostages and making demands. >> these demands were to have his power turned back on. apparently going through financial problems. >> reporter: the four others waited inside, a tense standoff while the police hostage negotiator tried to calm the situation. then, suddenly, an explosion followed by the sound of gunfire. >> got to a point where we believe that their lives are in danger. >> a police s.w.a.t. team using a grenade to distract the gunman stormed
let's get right to nbc's gabe gutierrez with the latest from georgia. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: tamron, this morning, all the firefighters taken hostage have been treated and released from the hospital. the gunman had financial issues. but today they're investigating exactly what led to this four-hour standoff. >> we're in a situation where we have an armed person. >> the radio call was dramatic. five firefighters responding to what seemed to be a routine medical...